Captain Church, that indomitable Indian fighter, burst into the fort, dashed through it, and reached the swamp in the rear, where he poured a destructive fire into the enemy in retreat.

The Indian cabins were set on fire, and a scene of horror followed.

A Narragansett chief afterward stated their loss at seven hundred killed in the fort and three hundred more who died of their wounds in the woods.
After the destruction of the place, Governor Winslow set out with his killed and wounded through a driving snow-storm for Pettyquamscott.

The march was one of misery and distress, and a number of the wounded died on their march.
On the 19th of February, the Indians surprised Lancaster with complete success, falling upon it with a force of several hundred warriors.

The town contained fifty-two families, of whom forty-two persons were killed or captured.